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HOLBORN, Thomas
1777 - 1858 (81 years) Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
1740 - Bef 1817 (< 78 years)-
Name HOLBORN, Thomas Birth 1777 Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk 
Christening 18 Mar 1777 Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk Gender Male Death 1858 Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk Burial 4 Apr 1858 Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk Person ID I1511 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father HOLBORN, James (Hobourn), b. Between 1733 and 1734, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. 1801, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk (Age 68 years) Relationship natural Mother SMITH, Elizabeth, b. Between 1739 and 1740 d. Bef 15 Jun 1817, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk (Age < 78 years) Relationship natural Marriage 8 Dec 1760 Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk Family ID F863 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family FORTES, Mary, b. Between 1784 and 1785, Swanton Novers, Norfolk, England d. 1870, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk (Age 86 years) Marriage 6 Mar 1803 Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk Children 1. HOLBORN, Mary, b. 1803, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. 20 Nov 1886, Walsoken, Norfolk (Age 83 years)2. HOLBORN, James, b. 1804, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. 1874, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk (Age 70 years)3. HOLBORN, Thomas, b. Between 1806 and 1807, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. 31 Jul 1889, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk (Age 83 years)4. HOLBORN, Robert, b. 1810, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. 1884, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 74 years)5. HOLBORN, Sarah, b. 1813, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. Aft 1851 (Age > 39 years)6. HOLBORN, Ann, b. Between 1814 and 1816, Wiberton, Lincolnshire, England d. 1909, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 95 years)7. HOLBORN, John, b. 1818, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. 1835, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk (Age 17 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]8. HOLBORN, Susannah, b. 1820, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. Aft 1881 (Age > 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]9. HOLBORN, Rebecca, b. Bef 16 Dec 1824, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. Bef 26 Aug 1876, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk (Age < 51 years)Family ID F185 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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THOMAS HOLBORN 1777-1858
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: I am indebted to Ian Fordyce (Rosian@btinternet.com) for the family tree of the HOLBORNs of Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk.
Thomas, son of James and Elizabeth HOLBORN, was baptised at Terrington St. Clement on 18 March 1777
He became a bricklayer by trade and married Mary FORTES, spinster, at Terrington St. Clement on 6 March 1803. Witnesses were Joseph LAMBERT and Wm. READER.
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Regrettably, the father's name does not appear to have been given.
They had at least eight children.
From the 1841 census of Northfield, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk:
*Thomas HOLBORN, aged 64, bricklayer, born in Norfolk;
Mary HOLBORN, aged 56, born in Norfolk;
James HOLBORN, aged 35, agricultural labourer, born in Norfolk;
Susan HOLBORN, aged 20, f(emale) s(ervant), born in Norfolk;
Rebecca HOLBORN, aged 15, dressmaker, born in Norfolk.
(HO107/770/4/30/25)
From the 1851 census of Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk:
*Thomas HOLBORN, head, aged 74, pauper (bricklayer), born at Terrington, Norfolk;
Mary HOLBORN, wife, aged 66, pauper, born at Swanton Novers, Norfolk;
Rebecca HOLBORN, daughter, aged 26, unmarried, dressmaker, born at Terrington, Norfolk.
(HO107/1767/65/49)
The death of a Thomas HOLBORN was registered in 1858.
(GRO March Q 1858 Wisbech 3b 438)
Thomas HOLBORN of Terrington was buried at Terrington St. Clement on 4 April 1858 aged 81.
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